Chicago The Musical lyrics: Roxie

Chicago The Musical

Roxie:
The name on everybody’s lips
Is gonna be Roxie
The lady rakin’ in the chips
Is gonna be Roxie

I’m gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
They’re gonna recognize my eyes
My hair, my teeth, my boobs, my nose

Chicago The Musical: RoxieFrom just some dumb mechanic’s wife
I’m gonna be Roxie
Who says that murder’s not an art?

And who in case she doesn’t hang
Can say she started with a bang?
Foxy Roxie Hart!

Roxie:
You wanna know something? I always wanted to be in vaudeville.
And now that I’m a celebrity, I’m gonna have me a swell act,
too. Yeah, I’ll get a boy to work with – someone who can lift
me up, show me off – Oh, hell, I’ll get two boys. It’ll frame
me better. Think “Big,” Roxie, think “Big.” I’m gonna get me
a whole bunch of boys.

The name on everybody’s lips
Is gonna be

Boys:
Roxie

Roxie:
The lady rakin’ in the chips is gonna be

Boys:
Roxie
She’s gonna be a celebrity

Roxie:
That means somebody everyone knows

Boys:
They’re gonna recognize her eyes
Her hair, her teeth…

Roxie:
…my boobs, my nose
Ooh, ah ah ah
From just some dumb mechanic’s wife
I’m gonna be
Sing it!

Boys:
Roxie

Chicago The Musical: RoxieRoxie:
Who says that murder’s not an art?

Boys:
And who in case she doesn’t hang

Roxie:
Can say she started with a bang?

Boys:
Foxy Roxie Hart!

Boys:
They’re gonna wait outside in line
To get to see Roxie

Roxie:
Think of those autographs I’ll sign
“Good luck to you, Roxie”
And I’ll appear in a lavaliere
That goes all the way down to my waist

Boys:
Here a ring, there a ring
Everywhere a ring a ling

Roxie:
But always the best of taste
Oooh, I’m a star.

Boys;
And the audience loves her.

Chicago The Musical: RoxieRoxie:
And I love the audience. And the audience loves me for
loving them. And I love the audience for loving me. And
we just love each other. That’s because none of us got
enough love in our childhood.

Boys:
That’s right.

Roxie:
And that’s show biz, kid.

Boys:
Oh, yeah.
She’s giving up her humdrum life

Roxie:
I’m gonna be

Boys:
Roxie.
She made a scandal and a start.

Roxie:
And Sophie Tucker will shit, I know

To see her name get billed below

All:
Foxy Roxie Hart

Boys:
Chuh, chuh, chuh, etc…

Roxie:
Oooh ah ah ah ah ah ah
(As boys exit)
Those are my boys.

Chicago The Musical: Roxie